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KILLED BY
HIS OWN SON
A Sad Affair Occurred in Haines
twp., on Saturday.
[0 SAVE HIS MOTHER'S LIFE
Lewis Dennis Strikes down his Father ina
Desperate Encounter — Was Choking his
Mother—It Occurred on Last Saturday
pight—Died the next Dav.
and Prop.
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A most distressing affair occurred near |
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Fiedler, a small village in Haines town. |
ship, between Aaronsburg and Coburn,
on last Saturday evening, resulting in
the death of Sawuel Dennis, at the hands
of his son lewis. Several versions of
the affair have been in print that are not
correct,
nished us by Dr. C. S. Musser, of Aarons
burg, and others from that vicinity
Samuel! Dennis, of about
resided with
4 man
his wife and son
Mr. Dennis was a
years,
lewis, near Fiedler
laboring man, industrious and frugal
He was subject to epilepsy and when an
attack came he p became irra-
tional, violent and frenzied.
Late last Saturday evening
their
parent's bedchamber,
heard a distu:
son,
by scre
He surmised that
to
where all was dark but a struggle was in
and saw
his mother,
must he wrong and ran the room,
progress. He struck a match
A she father bending over the bed choking
He
went to her rescue and by a hard strug.
and beating the mother in the face.
gle succeeded in pulling the frenzied
man away, who then turned in all his
insane rage upon the son and a desperate
The f
son down
encounter ensued. ather attempt.
ed to strike the with a chair,
which ded, and as a last resort
the son
the neck tell
was av
struck
ug him t
assistance arrive
Mr
tacks o
The
day forenoon, at St
nd often became
interment took
Haines townshis
survive,
No inquest was heid over the remains
as there apparently is no doubt as to the
ircumstances of the death
RR
PET RATS SAW HER DIF
Worth
Squaler
Kewark Woman $250. 000 Lived
Sixty years ago Miss Maria Vansycle
as the most
stylish young woman in Newark. Her
father was very wealthy and many ad.
was known prettiest and
mirers sought her hand, but she refused
them all. On Thursday a withered old
crone of 81 years, she passed away
squalor surrounded by a colony of pet
rats. Although she died because she
would not spend enough money
medicine, she leaves real estate and se. |
curities worth nearly a quarter of mul.
lion of dollars. She the
house in which she died, and lived in it
aJ a recluse for half a century,
owned
For nearly twenty years she has not
crossed the threshold of her house, and
fo all that time not a man has been al.
lowed to set foot in the house. Up to
three years ago her dwelling was filled
with cats. Then her taste for pets sud.
denly changed
with the rats until the big house was
flled with an army of verwin so tame
they would come at her call and eat out |
of her hand.
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Iateresting Operation
About two weeks ago Sheriff Cronister |
accompanied his brother Dallas to Phil.
adelphia, and had the latter's little five.
year old son placed in the Polyclinik
hospital. Three years ago the child
drank lye which burned the throat and
in healing it caused a stricture, the mus.
cles contracted and almost closed up the
passage to the stomach so that in three
years only liquid nourishment could be |
taken, no solids could pass through the
small aperture, It was thought that an
incision would have to be made in the
neck, but first an attempt was made to
pass a fine rubber tube down the throat
and by repeating the operation daily,
gradually increasing the size of the tube
relief eventually might be obtained,
In this they haye been successful, and
the physicians have every hope with
their little patient who, notwithstanding
this misfortune, is hearty, robust and the
The following account was fur- |
mn
to buy |
large |
| in Chicago
and she made friends |
| ests, his time will be well occupied
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RECENT DEATHS
MRS. Jounx ANDERSON
Mrs
home in this place
Mrs. J
month,
leaves a wife and
leath was «
r
i
ment in Uni
SAMUEL
Haines
He
one
DExXIS
township,
leaves a wife,
son. Deceased was subi
lepsy for about eight years
ces will
ser take place
Wednesday morning
pastor, Rev, A. GG, Wolf
JERRY GARMAN
| Garman aged about 12
Jerry, son off WCOTRE
Fri
the
Funer
Sunday afternoon
years, died
day afternoon of typhoid fever,
| home of his parents in this place
{al took
o'clock.
MRS. RACHAEL TAGGART: On Thurs
day evening Mrs. Rachael Taggart died
She was a daughter of Mrs
Rebecca Derr, of this place, and at one
at
place at 2
Interment in Union Cemetery,
| time resided here.
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Census Officers
There is no use 10 apply for a census
position as vet, The enumerators will
be selected by the supervisors and these
officers will not be appointed until De.
| cember, 1899 get
{only $1,000 and the enumerators, whose
| term of office will be limited to thirty
| days’ duration, will only get $150 each
The supervisors will
| The special pension agents will receive
| $6 per day, together with necessary tray.
| eling and other expenses while on the
{road and §3 while doing office work.
| Very few appointments we find will be
| made before June, 1900
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Starting Another Mil
KE. M. Huyett, the extensive lumber.
man, who is operating on a large tract
above Colyer, is putting in another large
stave mill in the mountains beyond Por.
ters Mills with two large mills and a big
cattle ranch, along with the other inter.
Re.
porter,
Mr. Huyett, in addition to the above, is
interestad io the new telephone company
and has poles up from Centre Hall for a
distance of seven miles to Potters Mills
and Tumeyville ready for the stringing
jolliest patient in the hospital.
of the wire,
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| tor of
Centre democrat,
BELLEFONTE, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1899.
E. R. CHAMBERS, ESQ.
EE. R.CHAMBERS
IN LUCK
Received a Nice Appointment one
Day Last Week
LOCAL QUAYITE RECOGNIZED
ent You
ing
We Extend Congrats
Altoraey
and has attaine
lawyer. Daring
Mr
position of Reputy |
ministration Ch
this d
At
ouatle boro
he
present
ef
Poluically, he has always been an ar
dent republican, and one of the active
men in the party counciis
While we can not endorse his political
views and afhliations, we admire his fear.
less energy in a contest, and heartily con-
congratulate him upon his success
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Drank Banoer Lye
A sad affair occurred at Millheim on
Sunday in the death of Mrs. John Hoover
from the effects of drinking Banver Lye,
on the Friday orevious. She and ber
husband had expected to resume house.
keeping April 1st, but this deed has end.
The lady had
been in a demented condition for some
A
husband and four small chilaren survive.
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ed those calculations
time which accounts for her rash act
Trouble Among Officials
Over at Centre Hall they are having a
The
considerable
bit of fun with their boro officials
boro treasurer handled
money during the construction
$5000. On this
amount he has charged his regular com.
water plant, about
mission of 3 per cent, which gives him a
On the
other hand the town council claim there
nice bonus for the year's work,
was an understanding that only about 1
per cent was to be charged, and this
agreement was made when he was elect.
ed. Mr. Goodbart claims 10 have no
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smiths,’
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{ tive daughter of Lawrence Haile, who |
| recently retired from his
1P.& R. ¢
LOVE LAUGHS, ETC,
Eloping Lovers Elude their Parents, Spend a
Night at Selinsgrove
The old saw ‘love laughs at lock
last week
the
weetheart
was demonstrated
when an ardent but objectional (to
) wooer met the
htoh
trot
ted her
where her
ending her to forget him, and th
married almost within the county
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Northumberland
MclLaugh
popular wholesale cigar dealer, paid at-
of old
'
For years Joseph R
attrac
tention to miss Katie Haile, the
the
ompany and is spending his
labors for
| old days enjoying the first fruits of his
| bard earned savings.
| a member of the American
| Warm
of the |
{ terian church under
knowledge of any such agreement and | " i
| Kram promises an enjoyable evening of
there the matter hangs. Former boro
treasurers got their 3 per cent and Mr,
Goodhart wants the same amount
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Fire in a Philipsburg Hotel,
A fire broke out in ove of the rooms of
the Lloyd house at Philipsburg Friday
morning, but the flames were shortly ex.
tinguished. The terior of the house
was badly damaged by smoke and
water, Charles Myers was taken out of
the building almost suffocated by smoke,
the young girl's parents objected to the
young man, but it mattered very little
as the lovers met anvhow almost
ever they pleased. Finally affairs came
to a crisis when the old folks were in.
at the youn; intended
coupe
cordially invited t
Rev. H H We
gene ral Secret
wr, 0
ary of the Board of Church
Extension of the General Synod
church, will be
present
t both morning and evening
Lome
this distir
and bring vour
guished divine
iress
the Sunday school
ty of Christian Endeavor
Prospects Bright
The Lock Haven Democrat says: The
prospects for the terra cotta pipe works
If
all the plans now maturing are carried
resuming operations are very brignt
out, the plant will be
May 1st,
employment
running before
About 100 men will be given
The terra cotta pipe works firm is now
sewer pipe
trust, which was organized a few weeks
ago in New York city
Frutt Prediction
Those who watch signs and govern
themselves accordingly, predict an early
spring. They hold that as there was no
weather to start the
trees budding during the months of Feb.
sufhcient
ruary, the same conditions will be in
force until April, when an unusual warm
of
is
spell will set in and continee, One
the larged fruit yields ever known
predicted throughont certain sections of
this state
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Organ Recital
On Tuesday evening, April 18th, an
organ recital will be given in the Presby
the patronage of
the of the congregation. Miss
Winifred Newbaker, the organist, will be
assisted Miss Grace Rockafellow
Woods, soloist in the church of the Mes
slab, New York city, and the entire pro.
ladies
by
high class music,
The Easter services in the Lutheran
church were of unusal interest and sol.
emnity. Ten members were added to
the church by confirmation and baptism,
Twelve were added some time ago, mak-
ing n total of 22, That congregation is
growing in membership under Dr. Hol
loway's pastorate,
(CHARGED WITH
INCENDIARISM
| John and Reuben Frantz Arrested
on a Serious Charge.
DECLARE THEY ARE INNOCENT
Barn, Live Stock
Christian Sharer, in Taylor
Tuesday Morning
Shortly after 1 o'clo
morning, a large barn stian
| Sharer’s farm, one and half miles
a
north of Hannah, in Taylor township,
out in flames and soon
In
| were seven horses and nine cows,
broke was co
sumed with all its contents. the barn
farm
For some reason |
implements, grain of various hay
and fodder, all of which was consumed
The loss Mr
with no insurance
estimates
when- |
On Tuesday evening
blazer swearing out a warrant. « harging
George C. Brumgard, with setting fire to
the barn on the Dornblazer
estate in
Porter township will be ren
§ : remembere
that the barn was burned between 4 and
March
a bearing
£0COCK n the mornis H
Ie Im ng
Mr. Brumgard will
Friday
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Iw
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LATE NEWS
The dispatches from Mani
that
struggle to the last
licate
the
They are opposed
There is plenty of
left in the insurgent ranks.
a
the Philippinos will continue
to any surrender life
A stubborn
warfare isto be continued,
Vice-President Hobart is not expected
10 recover
The Solicitor has decided to
begin proceedings against the coal and
coke trusts
General
The striking feature of yesterday's ses
sion of the McCarrel bill bribery probers
was the announcement, under strong
pressure, by Representative W. D. Wil
son, of Westmoreland County, the
name of the man who offered him $5000
for his vote for ex Senator Quay. This
man, Mr. Wilson swore, john R
Byrne, of Scottdale, who last fall was
the Republican candidate for State Sena
of
was
tor in the Fayette Greene district
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Philipsburg Enthused
The good citizens of Philipsburg have
been considerably aroused during the
past month on the question of booming
their town, Public meetings have been
held, committees appointed and money
subscribed for the purpose of booming
the town and soliciting the establishment |
of new industries. They are hustlers on!
there
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Go 10 Ishler & Woodiing, next door
to Schofield’s saddler shop, for garden
seeds, Johuston binders and mowers,
| horse rakes, Buckese cultivators, drills,
pumps, gasoline and traction engin
and threshers, Acme wagons—stee hd
wood frame, barrows, lawn mowers,
sections for all
mowers and Binder
“ I MA
«A fall line of shirt waists from socts,
and upwards and a line of nice silk
waists at Alkens' Store.
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VOL. 21, NO. 1.
FACT, FUN AND FANCY
Bright, Sparkling Paragraphs Selected and
Original
y marrying
A woman can
thing she wants to
If a man has talent he
ther’
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he home!)
money
When it comes to making s
short, the
in it
When doct
Ways unite
failure
The physi
mends a
an § ian who recom
change then takes a
you have
Homa path sis tel
to
that like
us
cares
like~but they fail Suggest a cure for
dislike
Doctors used a lance to bleed their pa
tients in olden times Now a lance
1s
UONNCCeRSAry
The criminal judge may be a
man o
few words, but he isn't always a man ©
short sentences
The editor swears to the circulats
his paper, and the advertisers do the rest
of the swearing
If some playwrights would vaccinate
their plays before putting them on the
stage, they might take
doctor
Malaria is a malady the
have got, when he dosen't
SAYS
you know
what is the matter with you
A dog may not be a star performer,
but when be travels with a blind man he
is always given a leading part
About two-thirds of a doctor's bill i»
for his trouble in guessing at your com.
| plaint,
Doctors often disagree, Lut they don't
disagree half as much as their medicines
do.
Many a thief goes to prison because
he neglects to steal enough to fee a first.
class lawyer,
After a man has had occasion to em.
ploy a first-class lawyer, it Is useless to
tell him that talk is cheap.
Rvery singer in a quarteite can point
out three good reasons wky the organi.
zation isn't absolutely perfect.